# The Insolvency Rules 1986, Rule 12.18: False claim of status as creditor, etc

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the Rules provide for creditors, members of a company or contributories in a company's winding up a right to inspect any documents, whether on the court's file or in the hands of a responsible insolvency practitioner or other person, it is an offence for a person, with the intention of obtaining a sight of documents which he has not under the Rules any right to inspect, falsely to claim a status which would entitle him to inspect them.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Rule is liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1925/rule/12.18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/rule-12.18
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